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(in predicted order of finish) 1. Cavaliers 2013-14: 33-49. Coming: Coach David Blatt, LeBron James, Kevin Love, Mike Miller, Shawn Marion, Brendan Haywood, James Jones. Going: Coach Mike Brown, Anthony Bennett, Luol Deng, Spencer Hawes, C.J. Miles, Jarrett Jack, Tyler Zeller, Alonzo Gee. James, Love and All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving are the NBA's latest version of the Big Three. It will be up to them to lead shooting guard Dion Waiters, center Anderson Varejao, reserve big man Tristan Thompson and the rest of the Cavs. Blatt is a rookie NBA coach but was very successful coaching in Israel, Greece, Russia and Turkey. And now he has James to help out. 2. Bulls ...

Without the reassuring voice of Jerry Buss, the late Lakers owner whose eleventh-hour phone call prevented Kobe Bryant from going to the Clippers in 2004, the Lakers are turning to two veterans to help keep Dwight Howard in Los Angeles.Bryant and Steve...

An updated look at NBA free agents. Who has signed, who is still available, who has become available:
Best of who is left: Kenyon Martin, Josh Howard, Derek Fisher, Chris Andersen, Mickael Pietrus, Mehmet Okur (retired), Maurice Evans, Ryan Gomes,...